BrooklynNEIGHBORHOODNEWS

November/December, 2019

Brooklyn NeighborhoodGeneral Meeting

Wednesday, November 20, 2019Sacred Heart Villa Hall

Corner of SE Milwaukie and Center at 7 pm

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MAIN TOPICS

Discussion on OCCL (Office of Communityand Civic Life) changing the code and status

of Neighborhood Associations

The BAC is also grateful to all the businesses listed below, that donated gift cards, prizes and certificates forthe adult raffle at the Ice Cream Social. We couldn’t have put on this community building event without you.

Our special thanks goes to Fred Meyer Stores for supporting the Ice Cream Social with a gift card for thepast 18 years. The BAC could not continue its mission of bringing neighbors together without their generoussupport.

Aladdin TheaterArtist &Craftsman SupplyBear Paw InnBrooklyn MallBrooklyn Park PubEdelweiss Sausage & DelicatessenHoundogs Bar & Grill

JoshDailyArtMike’s Drive InMinuteman PressPizza DoughnaisPok Pok Restaurants‘Ready, Inspect, Go’Sanborn’s Restaurant

Studio OneTheatersSubwayThe LampTownshends Tea CompanyTwilight CafeUS BankWindermere

A BIG thank you to all the neighbor-hood volunteers that made the “Ice CreamSocial in the Park” possible and all theBrooklyn businesses and friends that do-nated gifts and raffle prizes. Total donatedgifts and cash donations were over $1000.

The BAC could not have put this eventon without the generosity of all our busi-nesses and friends. Check out pictures andvolunteers of the day on page 3 of this news-letter.

2019Ice Cream Social in the Park

Thanks to our Brooklyn Businesses

Update on South Reach River Plan

Brooklyn Neighborhood Newsis published bi-monthly by the BAC. To contact the Brook-lyn News, call the Helpline or email the newsletter atbrooknews@brooklyn-neighborhood.org

Community announcements, local events and press releasesare accepted on a space available basis. Closing date for thenewsletter is on the 15th of even-numbered months. Thisnewsletter is designed and edited by Marie Phillippi.

Calendar of Events

BAC Board MeetingWednesday, December 11, 2019

7 pmSacred Heart Villa Hall

Neighborhood General MeetingWednesday, November 20, 2019Sacred Heart Villa Hall at 7 pm

BAC Board MeetingWednesday, November 13, 2019

7 pmSacred Heart Villa HallMilwaukie & Center

BROOKLYN HELP LINE971/222-9454

The Helpline is always available for theBrooklyn neighborhood to voice theirconcerns or pass on information to the

Brooklyn Action Corps.

Portland Fire Lieutenant, Lee Elten, attended Brooklyn’sgeneral meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 25th and gave every-one a history of our closest local station and the events thatled to severe staffing cutbacks in the past two years. He ex-plained the dangers that such understaffing poses to effec-tive fire response efforts in our neighborhood, and urgedthe board and the entire neigh-borhood to request that the CityCommissioners reconsider thesecutbacks.

Fire Department Changes for Brooklynby Guy Berliner

If you share this concern,email or call JoAnn Hardesty at

joann@portlandoregon.gov503-823-4151

City Hall, 1221 SW 4th Ave. 97204

Large Scale Development Proposed atTownshend Tea Properties

by Melaney DittlerBrooklyn has another new development coming in Spring 2020 at Brew Dr

properties on Milwaukie Ave, including two single family homes on 12th Ave. MattThomas, the owner of Brew Dr and Townshend’s Tea, has outgrown the site andhas coordinated with the developer Ethos, and architecture firm Hacker to build“brookLAND”, a five story, 160 unit apartment complex.

In September the team arrived to a heavily attended BAC board meeting andpresented their plans to the neighborhood: Six 3 bedroom affordable rental units with the remaining 1 and 2 bedroomunits and studios renting at market rate. The building will feature a modern design with an interior courtyard green space,elevators and ADA accessible units, approximately 40 mechanical auto parking spaces and 240 bike parking spaces ac-cessed on Boise Ave. A gym, a common area lounge and workspace and a rooftop deck with mountain and city views arealso in the plans. One commercial space in the building, a tea house featuring Townsends Tea, will be on street level.

The room was full of residents opposed to the 5 story large scale development asking questions and having concernsabout previous conversations regarding development on the property and the zoning changes that were granted in therecent past by the neighborhood based on those conversations. Many residents requested a max 4 story height as well asmore parking and more commercial spaces. Many were concerned about basic services (water/sewer/garbage/etc). Onthe other hand, some people were happy to see the development come in to the neighborhood, especially since it provideseasy access to Trimet routes and the central city. A few residents mentioned that we need more density in this area to helpwith our affordability and rental availability in the area.

If you have questions or concerns that you would like to get answered, please email the BAC Board at board@brooklyn-neighborhood.org. We would be happy to forward it and get a response. Attend future BAC meetings or reach out to theBoard for updated info regarding this development.

Lee Elten

2019 “ICE CREAM SOCIAL IN THE PARK”Thanks to all the volunteers that made this day possible:

Mark Romanaggi, Ben Tarne, Julio Enciso, Dan Howell, Rick Moore, John Weibke, Deb Brushi, Marie Phillippi andboard members: Josh Hetrick, Joanna Jenkins, Melaney Dittler, David Ward and Guy Berliner.

The BAC would also like to thank Sacred Heart Church for the use of tables, chairs and benches, Sara’s Tamalesfor providing great food and drinks, D&H Flagging for donating the use of the orange cones, and Majhor-Murray,electricity for the band. The Ice Cream Social could not happen without YOU!

For the first time in 18 years, it down-poured right at 2 pm. Though the music had to stop, a lot of neighbors stillstayed around until 4 pm.

And thanks to EVERYONE that came and helped us celebrate our Brooklyn community.

Usually, kids are all over the Polar Bear.

Kids came all dressed up for the fun.

Sophia Harrington was our face painter this year.

Scott Davis and his balloon sculptures kept kidsand adults entertained until 4 pm, rain and all.

Some kids loved to splash in the puddles.

Getting your face painted waspopular with everyone.

Sara & Nicolas continued to serve food,even through the rain storms. Josh & Lisa wowed neighbors

with metal sculptures

Because of the rainstorm, the Yamhillbillies wereable to provide music for just one hour this year.

On Sunday, Oct. 6th, it was perfect weather as more that 5,000 runners cruised through the streets of Brooklyn andBrooklyn came out to cheer them on. For the day, we declared Brooklyn the “home of the high five” and encouragedpeople to offer high fives to the runners.

As the runners came through the center of Brooklyn, they were greeted with live music organized by Ed Rosney ofArtichoke Community Music. Runners and cheering residents enjoyed the music of the Martingale Band; Bass Pancake,a jazz combo of Cleveland High students; The Oregon Mandolin Orchestra as well as Jon Lee and the True Bluesers.

Across the street from the music, volunteers from The Friends of Brooklyn Park handed out drinks and treats to therunners in front of Brooklyn Park. The Marathon provided a donation to them to help fund the Summer Youth Pro-gram.

After the aid station, the runners had a challenge of running up Franklin. The race director, Jared Rohatinsky, said themarathon got DOZENS of emails wanting to thank a young man that encouraged the runners up the hill and evensometimes running with them. If anyone has information who this person is, please contact the BAC so we can thankhim in person.

Oz Zavitkovski of Brooklyn shares a high fivewith Kim Harrison of North Tabor

Portland Marathon Runs Through Brooklynby Cheryl Crowe, Organizer of the event in Brooklyn

Editors Note: Thanks go to Cheryl Crowe,who organized all the sign making andgetting volunteers to wave the runners on.Also, thanks to Ed Rosney who organizedthe music in the parking lot across from thePark on Milwaukie. AMAZING DAY!

The Oregon Mandolin Orchestra making music

To top everything off, Cheryl received this message after the event:“CONGRATULATIONS! Brooklyn won the OHSU Neighborhood Cheer Challenge! We are so grateful for yourneighborhood's participation in this event. We will be making a donation of $1,000 to the Brooklyn Action Corps.”

Volunteer Melaney Dittler hands waterto a passing runner

Rainbow Painting Windows

Thank you Brooklyn for a great summer at the park. Many friendships and memories weremade. Friends of Brooklyn Park are now busy getting ready for next summer. We are continuingthe Bottle Drop program throughout the year. Visit Brooklyn Pharmacy or Rose City Coffee forbags and details; over $800 raised to date.

Our next event is our 2nd Annual Winter Gala and we are planning for a Saturday in February, 2020. There willbe dinner, drink (including adult ones), live music, fun activities, and raffle. Be on the lookout for details soon. Wewill post our complete 2020 events calendar in December.

Finally, we are looking to fill 2 board positions: Communication/Outreach and Fundraising. Board meetings areonce a month 7:30 pm-9 pm. These are volunteer positions. If you are interested and want more details pleaseemail, fobrooklynpark@gmail.com. Help us take FOBP and the Summer Youth Program to the next level.

Friends of Brooklyn Park Updateby Ben Tarne

True Bluesers entertaining everyone